A LARGE NISHAPUR BLUE GLASS BOTTLE, PERSIA, 10TH CENTURY A LARGE NISHAPUR BLUE GLASS BOTTLE, PERSIA, 10TH CENTURY A LARGE NISHAPUR BLUE GLASS BOTTLE, PERSIA, 10TH CENTURY A LARGE NISHAPUR BLUE GLASS BOTTLE, PERSIA, 10TH CENTURY

A LARGE NISHAPUR BLUE GLASS BOTTLE, PERSIA, 10TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3002960

Of flaring cylindrical form with wide flat shoulder and tapering neck with wide flaring rim, concave base with pontil mark to centre. 22.5 cm. height

CATALOGUE NOTE The shape of the present lot is similar to that of two glass bottles recovered at Nishapur (see Jens Kröger, Nishapur Glass of the Early Islamic Period, New York, 1995, p. 94, no. 133 and pp. 81-82, nos. 108-110.) For a comparable blue glass bottle see Stefano Carboni, Glass from Islamic Lands, London, 2001, pp. 146-147, no. 35. 22.5 cm. height 14 cm. diam.